At first glance, election candidate Lu Chia-hsuan's campaign poster looks just like the many others plastered all over buses, buildings and streets in Taiwan.
But there's a line at the bottom which sets it apart. "Yanpu rural township chief candidate, please vote," it reads - in Vietnamese.
"The Vietnamese words on the poster were added by our new immigrant friends as a show of support," Ms Lu told The Straits Times. "If new immigrants need anything, we will also work hard to serve them immediately."
Candidates like Ms Lu - who is standing for re-election as the head of Pingtung county's Yanpu rural township - are trying to court new immigrants. Often referred to locally as "new residents", they became Taiwanese typically through marriage. This means that they are eligible to vote.
On Saturday, they will be among the more than 19 million eligible voters who are set to elect their city and county leaders, in a municipal election that is often seen as a midterm test for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
This story is from the November 24, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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